Watkins, writing to his sister, is getting impatient about how little correspondence he receives. Fears that some have concluded he is "not worth writing to." The regiment has not been paid since it returned to camp. According to Gov. Kirkwood...

Tintype of a young uniformed soldier. This is believed to be Pvt. Thomas S. Snapp, Co. H, 5th Tenn. (McKenzie's) Cav. Regt., CSA. Snapp was born in Greene County, Tenn., in 1843. He was married to Susannah Josephine Stephens. Snapp died on;...

Colt .44 Army revolver which belonged to James Chamberlain Jones Beene, Co. A, 34th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Beene was from South Pittsburg, Tenn. He was wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862. He was captured July 11, 1864; at...

Pvt. J. T. Bass , Co. C, 4th (McLemore's) Cav., CSA, wrote to his wife, Martha, informing her that he was not well and suffered from the cold and a "bowel complaint." He heard that Columbia and Shelbyville, Tennessee both had cases of smallpox. He...

Inscription and cover page of "Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Vol. I." The tome is touted as being "the only copy-right edition." It has a notice from W. J. Hardee, Colonel, Confederate States Army, inside the front cover. The notice was written from...

Grand Army of the Republic medal given to John G. Decker, who served in Co. K, 32nd Ind. Vol. Inf., USA, from 1861 to 1866. Numerous letters written by Decker are included in the collection. See also the John G. Decker Papers, Mf. 1964.

Cpl. Gage, Co. G, 96th Ill. Inf. Regt., was from a family of ardent abolitionists. He fought in the Chattanooga Campaign, returning to his camp after a "very successful crusade." Gage hopes rumors of the war's end are true, but many "newspaper...

Driver served initially in Co. G, 51st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He escaped Fort Donelson and was discharged in 1863. He later joined Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav., CSA. The image shows him wearing a reunion era uniform and cap. Although he served as a...

Cpl. Isaac C. Wainscott (1839-1935) served in Co. L, 6th Tenn. Cav., USA. He enlisted in June 1862, and mustered out July 26, 1865 in Pulaski, Tenn. The 6th was active in western Tennessee and northwest Mississippi from October 1862 until May...